SUFFOLK HIT BY INFLATION AS ONE PENNY BECOMES FOUR PENNIES

Peter was joined last week by fellow eccentrics - sorry, penny farthing enthusiasts. The plan was to mosey in flamboyant style down to the coast and fend off hordes of admirers but this was scuppered by torrential rain and howling winds. Nonetheless our wonderful photographer, Charmian, managed to capture some of the fun. Well, given the inclement weather, maybe fun is not the right word! Standing virtually knee deep in water and anchored to the pavement by virtue of her heavy bag, she snapped photos of Peter with Andrew, Ed and Terry. The quartet of quirky cyclists certainly created a stir in the normally quiet village of Friston.

Books ("Slow Puncture", come on, keep up) were ceremoniously signed and purchased and the intrepid foursome even had a short outing to Leiston before realising that this was a singularly bonkers activity to undertake!

Thank you so much to Ed, Andrew and Terry for travelling to Friston and for your valiant efforts to pretend it was a scorching hot summer's day rather than one where (if I may pinch the words of another great writer) the "icy fang and churlish chiding of the winter's wind" blew. You still all smiled for the photos. Sort of.

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